LORD, who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain? Psalms 15:1 NABRE Psalm fifteen provides eleven cardinal principles of observance which David stressed and taught. These go beyond the law, beyond the minimum requirements of the Hebrew law. There is a suggestion that in order…
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Show me compassion that I may live, for your law is my delight. Psalms 119:77 NABRE King David was devoted to the attainment of self-perfection in the service of God. In this psalm David charts the progressive stages of his determined ascent toward spiritual perfection. The psalm follows the sequence…
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There shall be no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god. Psalms 81:10 NABRE Psalm eighty one celebrates the Divine salvation which ended the Jews servitude in Egypt. The climax of the redemption from bondage in Egypt occurred when the Jews actually left the…
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Blessed those who do what is right, whose deeds are always just. Psalms 106:3 NABRE Psalm one hundred six relates a narrative of how God miraculously sustained the Jews as they wandered for forty years. God led the Israelites into the land Canaan and empowered them to conquer their adversaries…
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Direct my heart toward your testimonies and away from gain. Psalms 119:36 NABRE King David was devoted to the attainment of self-perfection in the service of God. Every action and step in David’s life was calculated to bring him closer to his goal. In this psalm of one-hundred seventy-six verses…
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